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| author | Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@OARcorp.com> | 1999-02-05 00:34:17 +0000 |
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| committer | Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@OARcorp.com> | 1999-02-05 00:34:17 +0000 |
| commit | c9c673905abe15cc3139a9cb2b35de559aa8199c (patch) | |
| tree | 212d728482342b0460420e9dd12fc13108b71507 /c/src/lib/libchip/network/README.sonic | |
| parent | Commented out disable of building network code so it is built. You can (diff) | |
| download | rtems-c9c673905abe15cc3139a9cb2b35de559aa8199c.tar.bz2 | |
Split SONIC chip into appropriate files for libchip'ing. The portable
portion is now in the libchip tree and the dmv177 configuration is in
the dmv177 bsp. The performance impact of libchip'ing this driver
was minimal.
Diffstat (limited to 'c/src/lib/libchip/network/README.sonic')
| -rw-r--r-- | c/src/lib/libchip/network/README.sonic | 21 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/c/src/lib/libchip/network/README.sonic b/c/src/lib/libchip/network/README.sonic new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ef9641d6a2 --- /dev/null +++ b/c/src/lib/libchip/network/README.sonic @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +# +# $Id$ +# + +This SONIC driver does not make any attempt to support the SONIC chip +in any of the following modes: + + + 16-bit + + little endian + +It does not attempt to handle SONIC's older than Revision C. There is +a bug in chips before that revision that must be handled in the driver. + +The configuration table should be discussed here but if you look in the +include file for the sonic, it is reasonably obvious. :) + +The performance impact of transforming this driver into libchip format +was minimal. + +The powerpc/dmv177 BSP uses this driver and can serve as an example +configuration table. |